The basics of global ecommerce
Large and lucrative, with the chance for low-cost distribution, global markets are tempting bait for ecommerce businesses. Even though success seems to dangle there for the taking, it’s hard to know where to start, what to focus on first and how to ensure your internationalization strategy works....
Faces of Gengo: Enrico
Enrico, an Italian native from Verona, met his American wife-to-be while vacationing in a tiny mountain village in the Alps. Some 20 years later, he now lives with his wife and four children in the U.S. where he is our English to Italian Language Specialist. What languages do you speak and why/ho...
Tips for overseas growth and operations
Operating a company at home is a whole different ball game than operating and growing one overseas. In fact, they might even be different sports. Your home game is strengthened by your knowledge of the playing field—you understand what people expect and how to fine tune your knowledge of what the...
Hall of fame: Michael
In our new blog series, we aim to recognize all Gengo translators who reach specific milestones in their work. A translator in three language pairs (Japanese to English, German to English, and French to English), Michael is one of our Gengo Wordsmiths who has translated over 500,000 units. Locate...
Lean growth in the international marketplace
Lean is smart. It’s minimal. It’s efficient and less expensive. And it is the way many companies are starting and growing these days. Even if your company is already well-established, the lean approach may be precisely what you need to introduce your product to foreign markets. Entering a new mar...
New! Translate from Dutch to English
Gengo customers can now order translation in our newest language pair, Dutch to English, both online and through our API. We also offer translation from English to Dutch, as well as many other languages—see the full list here. Looking for a particular pair? We consider all requests and can craft ...


